billynomates Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Sounds great: http://younggodrecords.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-gate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellowtooth Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 oh god way too broke for this right now but come payday...I don't need the poster, I don't need the poster.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHOSTDRONES Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Had to... just had to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Oh my. Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiatorhums Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Going to parse through these options when I'm more awake. New Swans on the horizon makes me pretty happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Going to parse through these options when I'm more awake. New Swans on the horizon makes me pretty happy! Currently my most anticipated release of 2016, by a landslide. It and Russian Circles already have me exciting for the new year. [edit] So just to clarify; option #3 (for $80) includes; – The Gate 2x CD; live album featuring 4 new songs. – New album on 3x LP, May 2016. – Live DVD of 2015 / 2016 shows. Yes? No? Seems like a pretty solid deal to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neanderthal Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 That last picture with the white socks though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Currently my most anticipated release of 2016, by a landslide. It and Russian Circles already have me exciting for the new year. [edit] So just to clarify; option #3 (for $80) includes; – The Gate 2x CD; live album featuring 4 new songs. – New album on 3x LP, May 2016. – Live DVD of 2015 / 2016 shows. Yes? No? Seems like a pretty solid deal to me. That's what I was looking at buying. Gonna grab the other two things anyways so it's basically like paying $30-35 for the CD package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billynomates Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 I went for option 3, came to $109 with postage to UK but had to do it. Looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 I went for option 3, came to $109 with postage to UK but had to do it. Looking forward to this. Option 3 for me as well. For the actual vinyl, that's a 9-month PO. Insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliminator Jr. Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Have any of you read the whole note? I gotta say I love his writing. It's so.. considerate. He talks about the possibility of him ending up writing fiction. I'd totally support that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Have any of you read the whole note? I gotta say I love his writing. It's so.. considerate. He talks about the possibility of him ending up writing fiction. I'd totally support that. He's dabbled with it in the past, too, I'm pretty sure. I think I read about it an interview he did last year. The note also confirms (like many of us suspected) that his creative output [and Swans' music in general] aren't going anywhere. It's sounding like Gira will continue to release music and collaborate with other musicians – including the current Swans lineup, if willing – to write and produce future releases. They're basically stepping down from being the [absolute] machine they've been; basically touring, writing, and recording in an endless loop for the last 5 years. I expect things like EPs and much longer breaks between albums and touring, going forward, but that's certainly better than the band dissolving into nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mourning Wood Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 I 've gotten the 2 previous hand-made Swans CDs and I'll tell you they are some fucking cool shit! I wish there was a vinyl equivalent with a silkscreen cover or something, but the CDs are really great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billynomates Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 Have any of you read the whole note? I gotta say I love his writing. It's so.. considerate. He talks about the possibility of him ending up writing fiction. I'd totally support that. He had that book of short stories on Henry Rollin's publisher, called The Consumer and Other Stories. Brutal stuff, comparable to early Swans lyrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mourning Wood Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Sounds great: http://younggodrecords.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-gate Unbelievably, this is now sold out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 His hand made items usually last a couple days. This one was a bigger run and I think slightly pricier so it took a couple days longer. Glad to see him doing so well after all these years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Woah, I just bought option 3 last night. Perfect timing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanjuro Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Damn it. Missed this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 This officially shipped for me the other day – surprised it hasn't showed up. It's "out there" as of this morning for those who want to hear it, but couldn't afford to purchase it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streetwaves Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I 've gotten the 2 previous hand-made Swans CDs and I'll tell you they are some fucking cool shit! I wish there was a vinyl equivalent with a silkscreen cover or something, but the CDs are really great. http://www.discogs.com/Michael-Gira-Songs-For-A-Dog/master/823768 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Just got mine in today. Beautiful release and worth every penny. I unfortunately missed out on the last two but this will be a CD I hold on to for the rest of my life. Cloud of Forgetting is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Just got mine in today. Beautiful release and worth every penny. I unfortunately missed out on the last two but this will be a CD I hold on to for the rest of my life. Cloud of Forgetting is amazing. I missed out on the last two as well. Just didn't "get" the hype behind them, I suppose. I still would've jumped on this one regardless, but knowing that its content is centered around "the last" Swans release (potentially for a while), I felt extra compelled to order. I can't wait to hear how these "drafts" evolve onto the final record. Frankie M. has the potential to be one of the biggest recorded sounds of 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I will have to revisit Frankie M. I remember seeing them do it live and him just saying Frankie M for what felt like five minutes straight, haha. I just listened to the second CD but will check the first out on my way home from work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I will have to revisit Frankie M. I remember seeing them do it live and him just saying Frankie M for what felt like five minutes straight, haha. I just listened to the second CD but will check the first out on my way home from work. The crazy thing about live Swans is that the newer material changes so frequently that there's no telling if we even witnessed the same song, really. I couldn't tell what Gira was singing in Frankie M. earlier this year, but there's a lot of drug references on the CD version. (The live version I saw also channeled some serious "noisy" Godspeed, which I was all about. I only really hear it during the last few minutes on the CD version... which is still awesome.) I'm eager to spend more time with these versions without getting too attached, since I'm surely they'll be changed and polished up significantly for the studio release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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